Musical influences vary between different regions and countries. For Tanish Thakker, this Thursday’s event in the city captures the global and unifying nature of the art. The director of Gatecrash India is teaming up to bring the collective voices of Monoswezi, a transnational musical collective of artistes from Mozambique, Norway, Sweden and Zimbabwe, to the city. “It is a really nice change because you don’t get such [mix of] music coming to India,” he says.

The collective comprises Hope Masike, Calu Tsemane, Hallvard Godal, Putte Johander and Erik Nylander. Masike sings in her native Zimbabwean, while there are Nordic influences from Godal, Johander and Nylander. Godal tells us that their music has evolved over the last decade. “In the beginning, we played traditional music from Zimbabwe and Mozambique acoustically, with a high jazz influence. Now, we play more original compositions,” he shares, adding that there is an increase in use of instruments such as guitars and keyboards in the lineup.